Buddy Miles Posted on 09/30/2021 3:37:40 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
As one who enjoys an ecclectic music library and was born in an age when recorded music went from mono to stereo, it gives me joy to look back on the 70s when the industry was blossoming with analog recording, tube amps, and turntables.
I also have been a participant in live music performance over the years. The occasions were rare that everything clicked. The audience. The acoustics. The sound system. The band chemistry.
One of my best memories was playing Buddy Miles "Changes" at a wedding reception in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Today I decided to search out Buddy Miles Live on YT, and it yielded this vinyl release from the 70s that has not yet been released on CD.
I hope my fellow FReepers of a same mind enjoy this link. The first track alone is worth the "price of admission." The band takes risks that pay off well.
Enjoy!
Honestly I prefer the Band of Gypsies live version of Changes with Jimi Hendrix more than the solo Buddy Miles version. But of course for those who don’t know Buddy played and sang on them both.
But have you ever participated in a dead music performance?!
I’ll have to check that out. Thank you!
Actually, yes.
You’re welcome. And thanks for this. I’m listening to it now it’s groovy as all get out. What a great band. Love that horn section.
“Honestly I prefer the Band of Gypsies live version of Changes with Jimi Hendrix more than the solo Buddy Miles version.”
Amen. I like Buddy Miles but I don’t like to suffer through the cheesy horns on his original version of Them Changes.
I did get to see him years after Jimi died in the late 70s in a real small Houston club. Hardly anyone was there. It was sad. Jimi was the best and only thing that happened for Buddy Miles. Buddy’s interviews are full of whining about how everyone supposedly did him wrong.
Great stuff FC -
The Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSWGD6tRkU
“Live Music Is Better” bumper stickers should be issued..
fusion was exploding
Ha! I think they have been. That reminds me. I once ordered a bunch of bumper stickers that say, YOUR MESSAGE HERE
Not long after this Steely Dan came out with “Can’t Buy a Thrill.” Weather Report was percolating. As a rule for my ears anyway, virtuosity has its limits. Euphony, space, expression, etc. weigh heavily. It’s so subjective. In this case the live energy contributes in big way.
Yeah well they had their own kind of social justice back then. One of the impetus for the Band of Gypsy’s was people basically telling Jimi “why are you playing with those white dudes in The Experience?” But it burned out fast. Whatever happened, their live album is really great.
I am listening to the album in the OP, track #3 is Buddy and the band doing Neil Young’s Down by The River. Interesting choice. I like the arrangement. I know not a lot of NY fans here but I can separate the talent from the politics.
Oh yeah! Crank it up!!!
The unison bass and guitar really make this tune. I wish more bands would use that technique more often.
I have developed a theory that 1971 was the best year of all time for music. Of course this is subjective, and there is great music in just about every year, but I found so many 1971 gems that I created a 1971 playlist on my Spotify account. I’ll have to see if this Buddy Miles Live album is available there and add it. I’m really enjoying it and that I can listen to an entire album side without “track” breaks. Takes me back...
Is that Mr. Karp on guitar on The Segment?
Good stuff, thanks for posting!
A little too ham fisted in his drumming, most critics said of him in his heyday.
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